1968: February

12:53 PM GMT 21/02/2008

1 – Californian Richard Millhouse Nixon enters the race for the Republican Presidential nomination.

8 – As student demonstrators plead for the racial integration of a bowling alley in Orangeburg, South Carolina, State troopers open fire, killing three black students and wounding 27 others.

10 – The Four Tops’ Greatest Hits reaches the No.1 spot in the UK. It is Tamla Motown’s first chart topping album.

14 – Britain’s beat sensations The Hollies play a free show at the Whisky–A-Go-Go in L.A. The Mamas And Papas, The Beach Boys and The Doors are all in attendance. David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Neil Young also watch the band. The trio pay particular attention to Graham Nash’s harmonies.

14 – Manfred Mann’s cover of Bob Dylan’s Mighty Quinn is the UK’s biggest selling single of the week.

15 – John Lennon and George Harrison fly to India with their wives, Cynthia and Patti. They take a long taxi ride to the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s ashram on the banks of the Ganges, where they will spend time studying the art of Transcendental Meditation. Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney will join them four days later.

15 – Blues harp genius, Little Walter dies after sustaining head injuries during a brawl in Chicago.

24 – British blues outfit Fleetwood Mac release their eponymously titled debut album through the Blue Horizon label. They are led by an enigmatic guitar player called Peter Green.

28 – Frankie Lymon, lead singer of R&B hitmakers The Teenagers, dies of heroin overdose at his mother’s house in New York. He was 25.

...MARCH

Ross Bennett

Posted by Ross_Bennett at 12:53 PM GMT 21/02/2008

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David Crosby , Graham Nash , Little Walter , Neil Young , Peter Green , Stephen Stills , The Four Tops , The Hollies

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